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Hillary Clinton denies that that there are any terrorist attacks at all. It's all 'protests' and workplace violence and caused by videos..........it's not the terrorists........ her party claims that all republicans are to blame for the terrorism..............that and not enough gun control. To Hillary, "those poor terrorists are just VICTIMS of the .......aaagghhhhhhh! Reeepublicans.	0	not toxic
I watched a segment on CTV news last evening in which a number of "small" business owners were interviewed. Some of these small businesses employ up to 200 people and are trying to compete in world markets. The general consensus was that they cannot be competitive due to the soaring hydro costs and have no option except move their operations out of Ontario, primarily to the U.S. This will have a devastating effect on Ontario's economy if enough of this businesses locate elsewhere. I'm sure that there are many large businesses that are also weighing their options due to soaring hydro rates. These rates are already scheduled to increase in the New Year which increases will only go higher when carbon tax is added. . Ontario has become a disaster under the Liberal governments, not only with the highest hydro rates in North America but also a staggering debt load of over 300 billion dollars.	0	not toxic
Yes the people deserve either an explanation or investigation into Obama's telephone tapping. Also, What did Obama know and when did he know?	0	not toxic
I might go. I've always enjoyed Mel Gibson flicks.	0	not toxic
4 murderers are on the loose..... They will comit other crimes & end up back in jail where they belong.....	0	not toxic
Typical millennial, not once was there any concern for the needs of the client.	0	not toxic
Was there ever a time you didn't think the sky was due to fall any second? Seriously, was there?	0	not toxic
why do we need provinces?	0	not toxic
So sorry to see another fellow family-owned vacuum shop close. You are very right, the market has changed from when my grandpa started our shop. Less people are fixing their vacuums, and more people are shopping online. Thank you for your years of hard work and helping give small vacuum shops (and small businesses) a good name! We wish you the best of luck and happiness in your retirement! -Roosevelt Vacuum	0	not toxic
Those are evidence of something but there's no evidence to tell us what. Did she open her clothes or did he? Don't know. Did sex occur? Don't know (but ejactulation didn't). Did she or he initiate it? Don't know. Did it stop when she passed out? Don't know.	0	not toxic
To bad he missed	0	not toxic
Much rather have a LEADER who is all out and get things done. Ige is NOT a leader a nice guy but NO LEADER. and people wonder why Hawaii is so messed up. Keep voting for those (D)onkeys.	0	not toxic
And WE...far from them.....	0	not toxic
The deal happened because Home Capital is fundamentally a sound company. Their only real problem was being sandbagged by the OSC; an organization that won't ever touch their masters, but is never hesitant to bully the little guy. Buffet, a vulture capitalist, recognized the opportunity immediately and swooped in. Good for him, good for Canada, and a nice vindication of Home Capital itself - a company that was a great Canadian success story that we need more of.	0	not toxic
That's not how our Constitution was written. Do you want your personal freedoms found in the Bill of Rights also to be determined by the 'majority'? Think about it.	0	not toxic
By "island of stability" do you mean a place where terrorists roam freely, and smug ruling elites still think they know better than and have disdain for the unwashed masses?	1	toxic
For example , on the front page of today's Dispatch , Monday Dec.19 , under the story titled " Washington's most exclusive ...." they allow " ....raised bigger questions about the president-elect's attention span..." That's editorial talk , not real news reporting. Nearly every day of the week the Dispatch publishes so called news from the Washington Post and New York Times on the front page. Not on the editorial page where comments like that belong. Your so blinded by love of liberal values (lack of ) that stuff like this probably doesn't matter to you and is music to your ears.	0	not toxic
As the head man Mulroney may not have openly got involved until the end but you can be sure he was involved behind the scenes and gave instructions to the negotiating team every step of the way which is what is now asked of Trudeau.	0	not toxic
Why should any taxes be spent on you for anything?	0	not toxic
The factual basis is in the demographics. As the population ages, and seniors leave the workforce, there are fewer people paying taxes, and more people receiving needed benefits such as pensions. How do you think these pensions would be paid without more young people paying taxes? Secondly, as people age, they make more demands on the Healthcare system. Again someone has to pay for it. So the options are to greatly increase taxes on young people, increase the debt, cut social programs like pensions and healthcare,, or increase the tax base. Which option would you prefer?	0	not toxic
I'm no diehard fan of what the NRA has become these days BUT this proposed law is badly conceived and gives police authorities some scary, arbitrary powers that they are not capable of effectively handling. ESPECIALLY when it comes to local Hawaii police! Way, way too subjective and nanny state.	0	not toxic
I have been all over the slope and have seen the "Damaged" tundra. The old trails did change the tundra. It compacted it I suspect and maybe led it to some thawing. But is it really damage or diversification. The old roads that thawed now support willows where before only tundra tussocks grew. Lord knows there are plenty of tussocks everywhere up there. There is no shortage. I think the over all effect of having the "willow roads" is more positive than negative. If the tundra thaws, willows will already be there to seed the area and capture the green house gases that will be released. Moose may thrive. Maybe polar bears will come ashore and hunt moose. Maybe there will an overall positive benefit to this area. Drastic changes have happened here on earth over the eons and long before man. Somehow the earth always seems to find or produce life forms that benefit from almost any change. Expecting the earth to never change is denial. It will change. Think positive. Barrow renamed Miami.	0	not toxic
How is any of this "fake"? That's my point. I'll also add that the airlines should have been smart enough to not have fallen for this trap. They could've just made an exception and no one would've noticed anything.	0	not toxic
You watch she well be back with her. Because nobody understands her, feels sorry for her, it was her fault. The cycle of abuse will continue.	0	not toxic
If indeed this then-seven year old remembered all of that then he is amazingly brilliant. As for the rest, lets see what really happened. Somehow the Cub Scouts of today don't strike me as behaving like that at all -	0	not toxic
Those companies are afraid to the war the left social warriors and media will wage, the libel the lies, the slander, and the abuses their companies will face for being on good terms with the president. The left will declare war on any brand that doesn’t toe the line. They will not rest until each of those companies declares bankruptcy if they do not dump Trump.	0	not toxic
I did not vote for McCain in 2008. I voted for Sarah and would do so again in a heartbeat. The fact McCain received my vote anyway was merely collateral damage. Almighty God is dealing with McCain in a manner well deserved and of which I surely approve. I only wish the Almighty would move faster.	0	not toxic
Protesters outside Masjid Toronto mosque call for ban on Islam.	0	not toxic
So if you impose price controls, just where is the pharma company suppose to get money to fund more R&D into the next generation of miracle drugs ?	0	not toxic
Gov. Walker, income taxes and a raid on the Permanent Fund should only be considered once the General Fund spending with both the operating and capital budgets are inflation adjusted to the same per capita State spending of 2005. It will be painful act. But, I do not believe that it is my duty to ensure that Government workers continue to live above the State's means.	0	not toxic
Saw him on the news. What an arrogant arse!	1	toxic
You yourself seem less and less happy. Seriously.	0	not toxic
You would like the Speaker to vote as a partisan pawn to amend BC's Constitution in order to give power to a coalition that wouldn't otherwise have it? Big shocker from a stated position of unbiased objective reason... tell us how you really feel. If the NDP wants a mandate to govern, let the voters decide - the fact is they do not have a mandate under the current system and changing the rules in an effort to hold power when they otherwise wouldn't is a disgrace to the people of BC. What is the NDP afraid of? If they want a mandate to govern, let the voters decide. Changing BC's constitution in an effort to take control of the province is something that happens in Venezuela, not Canada. You should have more self-respect, just imagine the screams of bloody murder if the Liberals were to try the same thing - this is a non-partisan issue. Let the voters decide. Again, what are you afraid of? If they want an NDP government, let them have it. But not like this.	0	not toxic
(continued) I would seriously suggest crunching the numbers on pop. growth as a driver though. I don't see it. The Lower Mainland growth #s right now are lower than they were a decade or two ago, when prices were relatively flat. When you look at housing completions against the total # of people coming to the region, it's seems more than enough supply is being made. It is those with their hands on the policy levers (gov't, gov't agencies) that have chosen this course. We are overly comfortable with the twin grotesqueries of easy debt (an explosion in gov't-guaranteed mortgage debt, a laundry list of boutique tax treatments for real estate) and foreign money laundering. The rapid (~30%) devaluation of the CAD against the USD and CNY at the exact time when foreign capital aggressively started looking for a home made things worse. And the financial hit many took in 08/09 created enough voters to support real estate hyperinflation to make up for their loss (forget sustainability).	0	not toxic
Comey has said nothing. Try to at least read the media you believe so completely. The only thing known about the alleged memo is that parts of it were allegedly read to a NYT reporter by an 'associate' of Comey.	0	not toxic
If woodland and forest fires get names, why not this one? What are we going to call it?	0	not toxic
DiNardo is as bad as Trump in pandering to his coalition, which includes the Republican right pro-lifers. DiNardo should know better. At least Cupich and Chaput did. Bravo, Philly! GOP members of Congress also came out on racism, with no fear on how this effects the abortion coalition (which, of course, means it does not, as most right to life voters condemn alt-right racism). Most people reject Trumpism. It is a shame we linked the pro-life movement to it, even for a weekend in November. Could this weekend reverse this link? We shall see.	0	not toxic
"But the mistake also produced the loudest and most awkward symbol of the transfer of power from old Hollywood to an industry that must reflect a more diverse America as the white guys were literally forced to hand over their prizes." Kate, sometimes a mistake is just a mistake.	0	not toxic
and your post reminds me there is no cure for stupidity. you're screwed Junior	1	toxic
Yes just live with the problem. Who cares if it takes two hours to get into town or that people litterally die out there. Can't develop different alternatives to move people. If it has worked for the past hundred years, the same system should be adequate for the next 200. Sadly this is just not the case.	0	not toxic
Bacon...nom...nom! ― Me (21st century AD)	0	not toxic
WADA has just announced that 95 of 96 of the first cases of alleged Russian Olympic athlete doping have been dropped, due to there being no evidence to back up McLaren's claims. Also, WADA has just chided NADO for their call to ban Russia from future Olympics, saying that such actions are not useful - of course not, since McLaren's allegations of Russian doping have so far evapourated into thin air. The world owes Russia a very, very big apology. And yet, G&M is still continuing its propaganda-based witch-hunt to demonize and falsely accuse. That says a lot about G&M.	0	not toxic
What "evidence"? Be specific and provide links.	0	not toxic
Lynn, you (and Hank) seem to be firmly resistant to the dozen facts you've been provided. I'll mark you off as one who is happy to quit, and surrender our resource to the whims of multi- national corporations.	0	not toxic
Seriously ADN? This is what passes for news?	0	not toxic
ADN, I have a question, Why are there all these anti trump articles and nothing about Hillary? If I only got news from the ADN I wouldn't know about Hillary's most recent email scandal, and all the email dumps of late. Not to mention her hubby;s troubles....	0	not toxic
Anyone like this, whether conservative or liberal is a danger to society, and most likely, mental. Unfortunately, those who subscribe to the republican playbook will try to pose this as a problem with liberals only. It is ALL of our society that has become violent, but everyone is on notice that this is not typical action for a liberal, and that we, in no way, condone or defend this action. Shooting someone is ethically wrong, and we abhor it. It is possible that an "anti-republican" person is also an anarchist. His rants sound like those of an anarchist, and we Democrats are definitely NOT anarchists.	0	not toxic
No kidding!	0	not toxic
What does a politician know about : Business Health Education Mental Health Engineering Science etc. etc. etc. etc. Who are these people what were they before they became "Politicians" We have a bunch of (I want to say idiots but I won't) people who have no expertise in any field except they ran for a political party/position and won. Whoopee !	0	not toxic
The "mistakes of (y)our ancestors"...named Medicaid and Medicare?	0	not toxic
One thing people must understand about a bubble is that when everyone is running around wringing their hands and claiming a market is in a bubble - it ain't a bubble. The masses are always wrong.	0	not toxic
BS. Taxes are already low enough. The bills still have to be paid even if yo don't want to. Taxes were lowered over the last 10 years and they just sat on the money.	0	not toxic
This ruling was predicted. Unaffectionately known as the 9th Circus court of appeals...this appellate court is known for it’s left of center bias, judicial activism, and for being frequently over turned by SCOTUS. The Lt Gov wanne be Chin is again spending precious time and tax payer resources on this endeavor while at the same time refusing to prosecute local pay for play corruption with the PRP scandal.	0	not toxic
Good luck Scalawag.	0	not toxic
ICE or Immigration and Customs Enforcement has Special Agents (Homeland Security Investigations) that derive their authority from Immigration and Customs Law. Customs investigators are the oldest L.E in the U.S. ICE/HSI has the authority to investigate immigration, money laundering, drug smuggling, child exploitation, IPR, etc, etc. They can essentially enforce more federal law than the FBI. https://www.ice.gov/hsi	0	not toxic
If your a Cow Boy, and your gonna play Cow Boys, and Indians, best not do it in an Indian Village.	0	not toxic
Longer runways, probably. Why else would La Guardia be one of the worst, and Kennedy one of the best.	0	not toxic
Trump said he always put the US first. Quite different than Canada. In Canada Trudeau always puts other countries first before looking at home for the needs of Canadians.	0	not toxic
Michael, I agree with your comments. It is an enlightened approach which some people will not accept because it is in variation with what the Church teaches which is based on 2000-year-old concepts of human behavior. It does not occur to people with this mindset that homosexuality is not a personal choice any more than heterosexuality is. If a person truly has a homosexual orientation is it moral or ethical to expect that they should never have a loving intimate relationship with another human being? I don't think so, and it seems that more and more thinking & moral people are coming to this conclusion. The Church has not yet synchronized morality with normative human behavior as we have come to understand it through modern science and psychology. What we need now is a scholar like Thomas Aquinas, who brought theology out of the dark ages and aligned it with Aristotle’s philosophy. It's time for another theological leap forward to align it with what modern understanding now offers.	0	not toxic
The supreme egotist gets an award for what? Who cares?	0	not toxic
Export tax on Canadian oil as it is unfair the Americans have forced the price of Alberta oil below world price due to US government intervention that limits free transportation. Sounds like a fair deal given they are arguing the Cdn softwood industry benefits from government benefits flowing from a non-tarrif barrier like low stumpage fees. Our government policy made stumpage cheap while their government policy made our oil cheaper than world market price.	0	not toxic
When you have an organization which says "Black Lives Matter" whenever police shootings are involved, how can the fact of the race of the dead person not be relevant enough to put in a headline? Especially in a State where only 2.3% of the population is black and most of that population is in Portland? Not mentioning the race of the alleged victim could be construed as white censorship. As in: "We don't want people to know that white cops are killing black kids!" Pick your headline and justify it.	1	toxic
Gerald, In Ketchikan we have the Ketchikan Correctional Center. Correctional Centers around the state at any given time might be people there who are convicted felons, people waiting for trial or sentencing. In K-town our CC serves all of the above plus misdemeanors. I have been inside an adult Correctional Center on a weekly basis years ago to make weekly presentations on topics related to life skills. My mother worked there ( no connection with my program), at a different time then me, as the "teacher" offering adult education for inmates. She helped them with classes for GED's, administered tests, helped inmates who were working on higher education degrees. I have had dealing with murders, rapists and child abusers other a then at Correctional Center. Yes, I have ! Not only in court but personal "encounters", some personal relationships and correspondence with convicted murderers. I have a family member convicted of murder + worked with a man who ended up killing his toddler.	0	not toxic
Like I said, I love it! The best part is that it's all so futile. But...enjoy yourselves. Hehe.	1	toxic
Your moniker ( and your inability to spell it properly) explains a lot about your comments!	0	not toxic
Totally agree with this. They've done nothing to change policy that would lift the neediest out of poverty, he's gunning for a regressive tax code, he's threatened trade wars that would only stand to hurt American business, he's surrounded himself with billionaires and his family. Were his white working class voters duped? YUP.	1	toxic
Who was Jesus of Nazareth?	0	not toxic
....exposing the "natural governing party" as nothing but banana republic dictators....just like the cigar chomping, bearded pirate that recently croaked in Cuba.	0	not toxic
Oooowww!! You learned how to hack with html. Oooowwww.	0	not toxic
Trolls are so tiresome, even in the relatively frivolous world of sports.	1	toxic
I always laugh when Trudeau and his sorority use the word "engaged with" instead of "in discussions with"	0	not toxic
Why only four short fat guys? Surely there are enough short fat guys out there to field a whole team! If the better team didn't practice or got drunk the night before the game, or some other such thing, they might well lose to an inferior team. Such things do happen. But does God make them happen out of spite? I don't believe so.	0	not toxic
no it's Justin's flagrant disregard for our military and M-103 and Khadr. anything else.	0	not toxic
The Perkins Loan Program is vital to students who want to get an education. No surprise that the Santorum wing of the Republican Party is trying to kill it.	0	not toxic
So what Wente is saying is trying to say is that Scheer is like a present day, socially conservative version of Bob Stanfield vs the son of PET? Of course that's completely unfair and disrespectful to Stanfield - a man of integrity and class, a Statesman, and a man who would NOT have sat on his hands for 10 years of the Harper Govt without making a peep of protest, unlike Scheer. So what Wente is saying is the Scheer is a "nice guy" who remained silent while his leader did everything in his power to NOT be "relatable" to the Canadian public. Sorry, but I'd prefer the Chong version of "nice and relatable". Scheer has never demonstrated a backbone or an ounce of integrity (while Speaker) despite many chances. That's not nice.	0	not toxic
Ya! Don't let facts get in the way of your politics.	0	not toxic
Why, Mr. Sessions would nevah breach protocol, evah. That would be appalling. Where's my fan?	0	not toxic
For what it's worth, he's obviously an outsider and not an Alaskan.	0	not toxic
Hillary and the DNC got played by Trump....plain and simple. Let it go and move on.	0	not toxic
As one of the most highly acclaimed economists on the planet, Krugman is one of the few people who can clearly and accurately explain how miserably the Republicans fail to understand even the most basic economic principles. But despite his efforts, the Rs still manage to sell their "pie in the sky" snake oil remedies, and they end up laughing all the way to the bank. Trump supporters, of course, will not be able to appreciate Krugman's messages. Stephen J. Remington	0	not toxic
Murray will probably hve troble gettig another GM job - he has zero personalty - the pegula's don't kow what they're doing	0	not toxic
we should be so lucky...	0	not toxic
wow you left wing children have no sense of humor	0	not toxic
RIP Gregg. You were one of a kind and we loved you.	0	not toxic
I eat at neither. I think kahala is not worth it for the price in terms of quality. The feeling I get is that you're paying to be at a table there, not for the culinary experience. But for the rich and ultra rich that's a huge benefit to be there rather than around normal people. I'm not sure who goes to moose's, I certainly don't. I think a privilege of being local is being able to go to most places in town and feel welcome, normal and comfortable.	0	not toxic
Why San Diego instead of Hawaii where the heroic action took place?	0	not toxic
No friend, I make no assumption because the facts speak for themselves, don't they.	0	not toxic
Does framing a sarcastic comment as a question shield the comment from rejection on civility grounds?	0	not toxic
Sigh- Lyme and babesia are curable and it is embarrassing if true that 1000 people are possibly being bilked by quacks. Lyme disease is rare in Oregon and babesia is pretty much unheard of. The FDA and CDC have also warned about specialty labs that are used to justify a misdiagnosis of lyme disease and implausible coinfections. There has also never been a documented case of a baby being born with an active lyme infection, despite what the Chronic Lyme Cult would have you believe. Even if a baby were to be born with lyme disease, it's still curable! Lyme Truthers spread so much dangerous nonsense.	0	not toxic
potcallingthekettleblack.jpg Sorry, Comrade Donkel, but the free money gravy train is leaving the station.	0	not toxic
I think it's been made much more difficult, in general, for these alternative leaning festivities to happen. ironic - as the state laws relax towards the use of marijuana, the government bureaucracies have done more to shut down it's wider acceptance .	0	not toxic
Ontario is a mess. Ontarians are suffering. And its Wynnes and her Liberals doing.	0	not toxic
Have you ever noticed how Trudeau keeps most of his Ministers behind the scenes while he tries to steal them? Through all of these objectionable tax reforms negatively affecting farmers, small business, and doctors, we have not heard a peep from Minister MacAulay (Agriculture), Minister Chagger (Small Business), or Minister Taylor (Health). I’m not knocking the Ministers. This is Trudeau doing EXACTLY what Harper was criticized for - muzzling his caucus. The Ministers and MPs only regurgitate statements prepared by the PMO. Try sending them a letter and see what the response is. Mine can’t even answer simple direct questions. Aren’t they elected to represent US, not prop up the mistakes of their government? A Liberal notable, Scott Brison, is the Head of the Treasury Board, which oversees the government’s spending. Do we ever hear a peep from him as Trudeau flings our tax dollars all over the globe and sinks us deeper into debt?	0	not toxic
It certainly doesn't take "experts" to make this determination. Just read the comments to the SA over the past 5 years. They say the same thing.	0	not toxic
cont: I think we've reached a real crisis point. We simply can't continue to fund the current programs with the huge deficit we face. The "tax-mores" put up 97 which they promoted as an "otherguy" tax.....tax those corporations with no adverse impact on the rest of us.....the voters didn't "buy" it and it was buried at the polls. What do we do now? Rather a diffcult question, isn't it. ...... The "tax mores" propose yet another effort at a simplistic solution....find a way to build another "otherguy" tax......The "spend-less" folks would, in many cases, be happy to cut the health care funding..."see, I told you Obamacare was failing".......and reduce or eliminate other public services... Ground Hog Day really isn't much fun is it.................Gary Crum	0	not toxic
This is what Keonisakebot claimed yesterday. If you access the link, Comey says that no one at DOJ asked him to stop an investigation. Comey was not asked about Drumpf. Keonisakebot tried to make people believe something that is not true. Keonigohan 1 day ago In reply to: As in John Rice WHine. — el_burro_sabio @ el_burrito_senorita VIDEO : Comey Says UNDER OATH No One Ever Asked Him to Stop an Investigation http://truthfeed.com/video-comey-says-under-oath-no-one-ever-asked-him-to-stop-an-investigation/74264/ What say you?	0	not toxic
I found it interesting that the NRA, the ACLU and numerous disabled rights organizations applauded this legislation. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/we-can-stop-gun-violence-without-blaming-the-mentally_us_58a601bce4b0fa149f9ac332	0	not toxic
James Barber is in touch with the needs of Lane County, and East Lane County in particular. Give him your vote next May.	0	not toxic
There also is no medical or veterinary school.	0	not toxic
barneybubble I'm home......... You on the other hand could use a large dose of intelligence/education if you insist on posting at the Globe and Mail. .	0	not toxic

Hillary Clinton denies that that there are any terrorist attacks at all. It's all 'protests' and workplace violence and caused by videos..........it's not the terrorists........ her party claims that all republicans are to blame for the terrorism..............that and not enough gun control. To Hillary, "those poor terrorists are just VICTIMS of the .......aaagghhhhhhh! Reeepublicans.

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I watched a segment on CTV news last evening in which a number of "small" business owners were interviewed. Some of these small businesses employ up to 200 people and are trying to compete in world markets. The general consensus was that they cannot be competitive due to the soaring hydro costs and have no option except move their operations out of Ontario, primarily to the U.S. This will have a devastating effect on Ontario's economy if enough of this businesses locate elsewhere. I'm sure that there are many large businesses that are also weighing their options due to soaring hydro rates. These rates are already scheduled to increase in the New Year which increases will only go higher when carbon tax is added. . Ontario has become a disaster under the Liberal governments, not only with the highest hydro rates in North America but also a staggering debt load of over 300 billion dollars.

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Yes the people deserve either an explanation or investigation into Obama's telephone tapping. Also, What did Obama know and when did he know?

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I might go. I've always enjoyed Mel Gibson flicks.

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4 murderers are on the loose..... They will comit other crimes & end up back in jail where they belong.....

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Typical millennial, not once was there any concern for the needs of the client.

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Was there ever a time you didn't think the sky was due to fall any second? Seriously, was there?

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why do we need provinces?

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So sorry to see another fellow family-owned vacuum shop close. You are very right, the market has changed from when my grandpa started our shop. Less people are fixing their vacuums, and more people are shopping online. Thank you for your years of hard work and helping give small vacuum shops (and small businesses) a good name! We wish you the best of luck and happiness in your retirement! -Roosevelt Vacuum

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Those are evidence of something but there's no evidence to tell us what. Did she open her clothes or did he? Don't know. Did sex occur? Don't know (but ejactulation didn't). Did she or he initiate it? Don't know. Did it stop when she passed out? Don't know.

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To bad he missed

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Much rather have a LEADER who is all out and get things done. Ige is NOT a leader a nice guy but NO LEADER. and people wonder why Hawaii is so messed up. Keep voting for those (D)onkeys.

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And WE...far from them.....

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The deal happened because Home Capital is fundamentally a sound company. Their only real problem was being sandbagged by the OSC; an organization that won't ever touch their masters, but is never hesitant to bully the little guy. Buffet, a vulture capitalist, recognized the opportunity immediately and swooped in. Good for him, good for Canada, and a nice vindication of Home Capital itself - a company that was a great Canadian success story that we need more of.

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That's not how our Constitution was written. Do you want your personal freedoms found in the Bill of Rights also to be determined by the 'majority'? Think about it.

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By "island of stability" do you mean a place where terrorists roam freely, and smug ruling elites still think they know better than and have disdain for the unwashed masses?

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For example , on the front page of today's Dispatch , Monday Dec.19 , under the story titled " Washington's most exclusive ...." they allow " ....raised bigger questions about the president-elect's attention span..." That's editorial talk , not real news reporting. Nearly every day of the week the Dispatch publishes so called news from the Washington Post and New York Times on the front page. Not on the editorial page where comments like that belong. Your so blinded by love of liberal values (lack of ) that stuff like this probably doesn't matter to you and is music to your ears.

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As the head man Mulroney may not have openly got involved until the end but you can be sure he was involved behind the scenes and gave instructions to the negotiating team every step of the way which is what is now asked of Trudeau.

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Why should any taxes be spent on you for anything?

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The factual basis is in the demographics. As the population ages, and seniors leave the workforce, there are fewer people paying taxes, and more people receiving needed benefits such as pensions. How do you think these pensions would be paid without more young people paying taxes? Secondly, as people age, they make more demands on the Healthcare system. Again someone has to pay for it. So the options are to greatly increase taxes on young people, increase the debt, cut social programs like pensions and healthcare,, or increase the tax base. Which option would you prefer?

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I'm no diehard fan of what the NRA has become these days BUT this proposed law is badly conceived and gives police authorities some scary, arbitrary powers that they are not capable of effectively handling. ESPECIALLY when it comes to local Hawaii police! Way, way too subjective and nanny state.

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I have been all over the slope and have seen the "Damaged" tundra. The old trails did change the tundra. It compacted it I suspect and maybe led it to some thawing. But is it really damage or diversification. The old roads that thawed now support willows where before only tundra tussocks grew. Lord knows there are plenty of tussocks everywhere up there. There is no shortage. I think the over all effect of having the "willow roads" is more positive than negative. If the tundra thaws, willows will already be there to seed the area and capture the green house gases that will be released. Moose may thrive. Maybe polar bears will come ashore and hunt moose. Maybe there will an overall positive benefit to this area. Drastic changes have happened here on earth over the eons and long before man. Somehow the earth always seems to find or produce life forms that benefit from almost any change. Expecting the earth to never change is denial. It will change. Think positive. Barrow renamed Miami.

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How is any of this "fake"? That's my point. I'll also add that the airlines should have been smart enough to not have fallen for this trap. They could've just made an exception and no one would've noticed anything.

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You watch she well be back with her. Because nobody understands her, feels sorry for her, it was her fault. The cycle of abuse will continue.

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If indeed this then-seven year old remembered all of that then he is amazingly brilliant. As for the rest, lets see what really happened. Somehow the Cub Scouts of today don't strike me as behaving like that at all -

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Those companies are afraid to the war the left social warriors and media will wage, the libel the lies, the slander, and the abuses their companies will face for being on good terms with the president. The left will declare war on any brand that doesn’t toe the line. They will not rest until each of those companies declares bankruptcy if they do not dump Trump.

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I did not vote for McCain in 2008. I voted for Sarah and would do so again in a heartbeat. The fact McCain received my vote anyway was merely collateral damage. Almighty God is dealing with McCain in a manner well deserved and of which I surely approve. I only wish the Almighty would move faster.

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Protesters outside Masjid Toronto mosque call for ban on Islam.

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So if you impose price controls, just where is the pharma company suppose to get money to fund more R&D into the next generation of miracle drugs ?

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Gov. Walker, income taxes and a raid on the Permanent Fund should only be considered once the General Fund spending with both the operating and capital budgets are inflation adjusted to the same per capita State spending of 2005. It will be painful act. But, I do not believe that it is my duty to ensure that Government workers continue to live above the State's means.

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Saw him on the news. What an arrogant arse!

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You yourself seem less and less happy. Seriously.

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You would like the Speaker to vote as a partisan pawn to amend BC's Constitution in order to give power to a coalition that wouldn't otherwise have it? Big shocker from a stated position of unbiased objective reason... tell us how you really feel. If the NDP wants a mandate to govern, let the voters decide - the fact is they do not have a mandate under the current system and changing the rules in an effort to hold power when they otherwise wouldn't is a disgrace to the people of BC. What is the NDP afraid of? If they want a mandate to govern, let the voters decide. Changing BC's constitution in an effort to take control of the province is something that happens in Venezuela, not Canada. You should have more self-respect, just imagine the screams of bloody murder if the Liberals were to try the same thing - this is a non-partisan issue. Let the voters decide. Again, what are you afraid of? If they want an NDP government, let them have it. But not like this.

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(continued) I would seriously suggest crunching the numbers on pop. growth as a driver though. I don't see it. The Lower Mainland growth #s right now are lower than they were a decade or two ago, when prices were relatively flat. When you look at housing completions against the total # of people coming to the region, it's seems more than enough supply is being made. It is those with their hands on the policy levers (gov't, gov't agencies) that have chosen this course. We are overly comfortable with the twin grotesqueries of easy debt (an explosion in gov't-guaranteed mortgage debt, a laundry list of boutique tax treatments for real estate) and foreign money laundering. The rapid (~30%) devaluation of the CAD against the USD and CNY at the exact time when foreign capital aggressively started looking for a home made things worse. And the financial hit many took in 08/09 created enough voters to support real estate hyperinflation to make up for their loss (forget sustainability).

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Comey has said nothing. Try to at least read the media you believe so completely. The only thing known about the alleged memo is that parts of it were allegedly read to a NYT reporter by an 'associate' of Comey.

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If woodland and forest fires get names, why not this one? What are we going to call it?

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DiNardo is as bad as Trump in pandering to his coalition, which includes the Republican right pro-lifers. DiNardo should know better. At least Cupich and Chaput did. Bravo, Philly! GOP members of Congress also came out on racism, with no fear on how this effects the abortion coalition (which, of course, means it does not, as most right to life voters condemn alt-right racism). Most people reject Trumpism. It is a shame we linked the pro-life movement to it, even for a weekend in November. Could this weekend reverse this link? We shall see.

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"But the mistake also produced the loudest and most awkward symbol of the transfer of power from old Hollywood to an industry that must reflect a more diverse America as the white guys were literally forced to hand over their prizes." Kate, sometimes a mistake is just a mistake.

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and your post reminds me there is no cure for stupidity. you're screwed Junior

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Yes just live with the problem. Who cares if it takes two hours to get into town or that people litterally die out there. Can't develop different alternatives to move people. If it has worked for the past hundred years, the same system should be adequate for the next 200. Sadly this is just not the case.

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Bacon...nom...nom! ― Me (21st century AD)

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WADA has just announced that 95 of 96 of the first cases of alleged Russian Olympic athlete doping have been dropped, due to there being no evidence to back up McLaren's claims. Also, WADA has just chided NADO for their call to ban Russia from future Olympics, saying that such actions are not useful - of course not, since McLaren's allegations of Russian doping have so far evapourated into thin air. The world owes Russia a very, very big apology. And yet, G&M is still continuing its propaganda-based witch-hunt to demonize and falsely accuse. That says a lot about G&M.

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What "evidence"? Be specific and provide links.

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Lynn, you (and Hank) seem to be firmly resistant to the dozen facts you've been provided. I'll mark you off as one who is happy to quit, and surrender our resource to the whims of multi- national corporations.

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Seriously ADN? This is what passes for news?

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ADN, I have a question, Why are there all these anti trump articles and nothing about Hillary? If I only got news from the ADN I wouldn't know about Hillary's most recent email scandal, and all the email dumps of late. Not to mention her hubby;s troubles....

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Anyone like this, whether conservative or liberal is a danger to society, and most likely, mental. Unfortunately, those who subscribe to the republican playbook will try to pose this as a problem with liberals only. It is ALL of our society that has become violent, but everyone is on notice that this is not typical action for a liberal, and that we, in no way, condone or defend this action. Shooting someone is ethically wrong, and we abhor it. It is possible that an "anti-republican" person is also an anarchist. His rants sound like those of an anarchist, and we Democrats are definitely NOT anarchists.

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No kidding!

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What does a politician know about : Business Health Education Mental Health Engineering Science etc. etc. etc. etc. Who are these people what were they before they became "Politicians" We have a bunch of (I want to say idiots but I won't) people who have no expertise in any field except they ran for a political party/position and won. Whoopee !

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The "mistakes of (y)our ancestors"...named Medicaid and Medicare?

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One thing people must understand about a bubble is that when everyone is running around wringing their hands and claiming a market is in a bubble - it ain't a bubble. The masses are always wrong.

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BS. Taxes are already low enough. The bills still have to be paid even if yo don't want to. Taxes were lowered over the last 10 years and they just sat on the money.

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This ruling was predicted. Unaffectionately known as the 9th Circus court of appeals...this appellate court is known for it’s left of center bias, judicial activism, and for being frequently over turned by SCOTUS. The Lt Gov wanne be Chin is again spending precious time and tax payer resources on this endeavor while at the same time refusing to prosecute local pay for play corruption with the PRP scandal.

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Good luck Scalawag.

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ICE or Immigration and Customs Enforcement has Special Agents (Homeland Security Investigations) that derive their authority from Immigration and Customs Law. Customs investigators are the oldest L.E in the U.S. ICE/HSI has the authority to investigate immigration, money laundering, drug smuggling, child exploitation, IPR, etc, etc. They can essentially enforce more federal law than the FBI. https://www.ice.gov/hsi

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If your a Cow Boy, and your gonna play Cow Boys, and Indians, best not do it in an Indian Village.

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Longer runways, probably. Why else would La Guardia be one of the worst, and Kennedy one of the best.

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Trump said he always put the US first. Quite different than Canada. In Canada Trudeau always puts other countries first before looking at home for the needs of Canadians.

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Michael, I agree with your comments. It is an enlightened approach which some people will not accept because it is in variation with what the Church teaches which is based on 2000-year-old concepts of human behavior. It does not occur to people with this mindset that homosexuality is not a personal choice any more than heterosexuality is. If a person truly has a homosexual orientation is it moral or ethical to expect that they should never have a loving intimate relationship with another human being? I don't think so, and it seems that more and more thinking & moral people are coming to this conclusion. The Church has not yet synchronized morality with normative human behavior as we have come to understand it through modern science and psychology. What we need now is a scholar like Thomas Aquinas, who brought theology out of the dark ages and aligned it with Aristotle’s philosophy. It's time for another theological leap forward to align it with what modern understanding now offers.

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The supreme egotist gets an award for what? Who cares?

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Export tax on Canadian oil as it is unfair the Americans have forced the price of Alberta oil below world price due to US government intervention that limits free transportation. Sounds like a fair deal given they are arguing the Cdn softwood industry benefits from government benefits flowing from a non-tarrif barrier like low stumpage fees. Our government policy made stumpage cheap while their government policy made our oil cheaper than world market price.

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When you have an organization which says "Black Lives Matter" whenever police shootings are involved, how can the fact of the race of the dead person not be relevant enough to put in a headline? Especially in a State where only 2.3% of the population is black and most of that population is in Portland? Not mentioning the race of the alleged victim could be construed as white censorship. As in: "We don't want people to know that white cops are killing black kids!" Pick your headline and justify it.

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Gerald, In Ketchikan we have the Ketchikan Correctional Center. Correctional Centers around the state at any given time might be people there who are convicted felons, people waiting for trial or sentencing. In K-town our CC serves all of the above plus misdemeanors. I have been inside an adult Correctional Center on a weekly basis years ago to make weekly presentations on topics related to life skills. My mother worked there ( no connection with my program), at a different time then me, as the "teacher" offering adult education for inmates. She helped them with classes for GED's, administered tests, helped inmates who were working on higher education degrees. I have had dealing with murders, rapists and child abusers other a then at Correctional Center. Yes, I have ! Not only in court but personal "encounters", some personal relationships and correspondence with convicted murderers. I have a family member convicted of murder + worked with a man who ended up killing his toddler.

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Like I said, I love it! The best part is that it's all so futile. But...enjoy yourselves. Hehe.

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Your moniker ( and your inability to spell it properly) explains a lot about your comments!

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Totally agree with this. They've done nothing to change policy that would lift the neediest out of poverty, he's gunning for a regressive tax code, he's threatened trade wars that would only stand to hurt American business, he's surrounded himself with billionaires and his family. Were his white working class voters duped? YUP.

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Who was Jesus of Nazareth?

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....exposing the "natural governing party" as nothing but banana republic dictators....just like the cigar chomping, bearded pirate that recently croaked in Cuba.

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Oooowww!! You learned how to hack with html. Oooowwww.

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Trolls are so tiresome, even in the relatively frivolous world of sports.

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I always laugh when Trudeau and his sorority use the word "engaged with" instead of "in discussions with"

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Why only four short fat guys? Surely there are enough short fat guys out there to field a whole team! If the better team didn't practice or got drunk the night before the game, or some other such thing, they might well lose to an inferior team. Such things do happen. But does God make them happen out of spite? I don't believe so.

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no it's Justin's flagrant disregard for our military and M-103 and Khadr. anything else.

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The Perkins Loan Program is vital to students who want to get an education. No surprise that the Santorum wing of the Republican Party is trying to kill it.

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So what Wente is saying is trying to say is that Scheer is like a present day, socially conservative version of Bob Stanfield vs the son of PET? Of course that's completely unfair and disrespectful to Stanfield - a man of integrity and class, a Statesman, and a man who would NOT have sat on his hands for 10 years of the Harper Govt without making a peep of protest, unlike Scheer. So what Wente is saying is the Scheer is a "nice guy" who remained silent while his leader did everything in his power to NOT be "relatable" to the Canadian public. Sorry, but I'd prefer the Chong version of "nice and relatable". Scheer has never demonstrated a backbone or an ounce of integrity (while Speaker) despite many chances. That's not nice.

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Ya! Don't let facts get in the way of your politics.

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Why, Mr. Sessions would nevah breach protocol, evah. That would be appalling. Where's my fan?

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For what it's worth, he's obviously an outsider and not an Alaskan.

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Hillary and the DNC got played by Trump....plain and simple. Let it go and move on.

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As one of the most highly acclaimed economists on the planet, Krugman is one of the few people who can clearly and accurately explain how miserably the Republicans fail to understand even the most basic economic principles. But despite his efforts, the Rs still manage to sell their "pie in the sky" snake oil remedies, and they end up laughing all the way to the bank. Trump supporters, of course, will not be able to appreciate Krugman's messages. Stephen J. Remington

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Murray will probably hve troble gettig another GM job - he has zero personalty - the pegula's don't kow what they're doing

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we should be so lucky...

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wow you left wing children have no sense of humor

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RIP Gregg. You were one of a kind and we loved you.

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I eat at neither. I think kahala is not worth it for the price in terms of quality. The feeling I get is that you're paying to be at a table there, not for the culinary experience. But for the rich and ultra rich that's a huge benefit to be there rather than around normal people. I'm not sure who goes to moose's, I certainly don't. I think a privilege of being local is being able to go to most places in town and feel welcome, normal and comfortable.

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Why San Diego instead of Hawaii where the heroic action took place?

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No friend, I make no assumption because the facts speak for themselves, don't they.

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Does framing a sarcastic comment as a question shield the comment from rejection on civility grounds?

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Sigh- Lyme and babesia are curable and it is embarrassing if true that 1000 people are possibly being bilked by quacks. Lyme disease is rare in Oregon and babesia is pretty much unheard of. The FDA and CDC have also warned about specialty labs that are used to justify a misdiagnosis of lyme disease and implausible coinfections. There has also never been a documented case of a baby being born with an active lyme infection, despite what the Chronic Lyme Cult would have you believe. Even if a baby were to be born with lyme disease, it's still curable! Lyme Truthers spread so much dangerous nonsense.

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potcallingthekettleblack.jpg Sorry, Comrade Donkel, but the free money gravy train is leaving the station.

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I think it's been made much more difficult, in general, for these alternative leaning festivities to happen. ironic - as the state laws relax towards the use of marijuana, the government bureaucracies have done more to shut down it's wider acceptance .

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Ontario is a mess. Ontarians are suffering. And its Wynnes and her Liberals doing.

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Have you ever noticed how Trudeau keeps most of his Ministers behind the scenes while he tries to steal them? Through all of these objectionable tax reforms negatively affecting farmers, small business, and doctors, we have not heard a peep from Minister MacAulay (Agriculture), Minister Chagger (Small Business), or Minister Taylor (Health). I’m not knocking the Ministers. This is Trudeau doing EXACTLY what Harper was criticized for - muzzling his caucus. The Ministers and MPs only regurgitate statements prepared by the PMO. Try sending them a letter and see what the response is. Mine can’t even answer simple direct questions. Aren’t they elected to represent US, not prop up the mistakes of their government? A Liberal notable, Scott Brison, is the Head of the Treasury Board, which oversees the government’s spending. Do we ever hear a peep from him as Trudeau flings our tax dollars all over the globe and sinks us deeper into debt?

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It certainly doesn't take "experts" to make this determination. Just read the comments to the SA over the past 5 years. They say the same thing.

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cont: I think we've reached a real crisis point. We simply can't continue to fund the current programs with the huge deficit we face. The "tax-mores" put up 97 which they promoted as an "otherguy" tax.....tax those corporations with no adverse impact on the rest of us.....the voters didn't "buy" it and it was buried at the polls. What do we do now? Rather a diffcult question, isn't it. ...... The "tax mores" propose yet another effort at a simplistic solution....find a way to build another "otherguy" tax......The "spend-less" folks would, in many cases, be happy to cut the health care funding..."see, I told you Obamacare was failing".......and reduce or eliminate other public services... Ground Hog Day really isn't much fun is it.................Gary Crum

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This is what Keonisakebot claimed yesterday. If you access the link, Comey says that no one *at DOJ* asked him to stop an investigation. Comey was not asked about Drumpf. Keonisakebot tried to make people believe something that is not true. Keonigohan 1 day ago In reply to: As in John Rice WHine. — el_burro_sabio @ el_burrito_senorita VIDEO : Comey Says UNDER OATH No One Ever Asked Him to Stop an Investigation http://truthfeed.com/video-comey-says-under-oath-no-one-ever-asked-him-to-stop-an-investigation/74264/ What say you?

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I found it interesting that the NRA, the ACLU and numerous disabled rights organizations applauded this legislation. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/we-can-stop-gun-violence-without-blaming-the-mentally_us_58a601bce4b0fa149f9ac332

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James Barber is in touch with the needs of Lane County, and East Lane County in particular. Give him your vote next May.

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There also is no medical or veterinary school.

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barneybubble I'm home......... You on the other hand could use a large dose of intelligence/education if you insist on posting at the Globe and Mail. .

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